Usage:
Teklanika Formation (AK)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: ridge along east side of upper Teklanika River, from 6.5 to 5 km south of Calico Creek, in Mount McKinley [Denali] National Park, central Alaska Range, Healy C-6 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), AK (Gilbert and others 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southern region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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